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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the clown stay a clown if he did not like doing so?
(a) His father wanted him to do it.
(b) He was involuntarily apprenticed to a clown and he could not break the contract.
(c) He couldn't get other work.
(d) It was better pay.

2. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) A couple months.
(d) 44 years.

3. Altogether, what is the approximate number of women and children?
(a) He has no idea.
(b) 25 million.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 6 million.

4. What did the author call a place where women have sex for drugs?
(a) A brothel.
(b) An opium den.
(c) A lion's den.
(d) A den of iniquity.

5. What is another thing the London City Mission did?
(a) Watched that people were not taxed unfairly.
(b) Encouraged residents to attend church.
(c) Told the police when there was crime in an area.
(d) Helped pregnant, unwed women.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did the street clown work for before becoming a clown?

2. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?

3. What did the casual ward provide?

4. How long did he and his wife have to save to buy the camera?

5. How were street folk different from patterers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was describe that was similar to modern crack houses, what were they like? What happened to the girl the author wrote about who was lured from home?

2. How many prostitutes were there in London?

3. Who was the magician Mayhew interviewed and how did he become a magician?

4. How prevalent was theft, where did it often occur and how did a thief make money on stolen goods?

5. How did the fire eater Mayhew interviewed become one and what was his early life like?

6. Who did Halliday say were swindlers?

7. What was an ongoing problem for the company from conductors and how did the bus companies combat that problem?

8. How did cab drivers obtain their cabs, how many hours did they work, and what did they sometimes do to mitigate their long hours?

9. What was the difference between a conductor and other street people?

10. What did the people Mayhew called "Punch" do?

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